Change Agent Development

Dec. 26, 2013

How do you develop the competencies required of a change management professional?

During the 2013 Change Connect Symposium produced by the Association of Change Management Professionals Pacific Northwest Chapter, we facilitated a workshop on finding and developing change agents. In the workshop, about 40 change management professionals divided into six groups to list their collective thoughts on four issues.

The four issues are

Required competencies of a change management professional
Sources of change management talent
Activites to develop change management competency
Compensation and retention activities

This is the third of four blogs on the results. How do you develop the competencies required of a change management professional?

Development

Recruiting/On-Boarding Process
Assessment (Base Level)
CM 101 for Entire Organization
Buddy System
Outside Mentor (From the Business Units)
Training in – OD, CM, Multi-Disciplinary
Immersion
Facilitation vs. Training Skills
Consulting 101
Project Ownership
Set the Stage for Success
Step Process

About the Author

Bill Wilder | Founder and Director

Bill Wilder, MEd, is the founder and director of the Life Cycle Institute, the learning, leadership and change management practice at Life Cycle Engineering (www.LCE.com). The Institute integrates the science of learning and the science of change management to help organizations produce results through behavior change.

Bill led the creation of the 3A learning process that incorporates the concepts of active learning and change management. He has worked with many organizations to develop learning and change management solutions that engage people and drive accountability for behavior changes that deliver results.

Bill is a certified Prosci Change Management professional and is one of the few Prosci Authorized Training Provider Certified instructors in the world. He is the author of several articles, white papers and videos on the topics of learning and change management.